The Chicago Cubs will head back to Wrigley Field on the brink of elimination after losing 3-7 in Milwaukee Monday night, giving the Brewers a 2-0 lead in their best-of-five NL Division Series.
Now, the Cubs must win two straight in Chicago on Wednesday and Thursday to send the series back to Milwaukee for a deciding Game 5 on Saturday.
If they don't win Wednesday, the series ends with Milwaukee advancing. Teams falling behind 2-0 in a best-of-five postseason series have won just 10 of 90 times.
“It’s simple,” Cubs manager Craig Counsell said. “We’ve got to just win pitches. We’ve got to win moments. You’ve got to stay with your process and your routines. It’s simple as that. We’ve got our work cut out for us, but it’s done by winning one pitch at a time and succeeding one pitch at a